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I had an old car back in the early 90s and it had automatic seatbelt, and I love it. Most cars today don't have it. Why?
My car has them, 94 Mazda Protege, and I love them. I never have to think about that, I just get in, shut the door and the seat-belt happens. It's never uncomfortable and works just fine.
You cannot forget to buckle up, so you can't get a ticket for that, which might be why they aren't available anymore. Cities and municipalities MUST have their revenues ya know.
My car has them, 94 Mazda Protege, and I love them. I never have to think about that, I just get in, shut the door and the seat-belt happens. It's never uncomfortable and works just fine.
You cannot forget to buckle up, so you can't get a ticket for that, which might be why they aren't available anymore. Cities and municipalities MUST have their revenues ya know.
With 30+ years of mandatory seat belt laws I don't think many people "forget" to buckle up anymore.
My 91 Lumina has not automatic seat belts, but a sytem where you can keep the belt/shoulder harness buckled and still get in and out of the car, anchored in the door.
A lot of cars with automatic seat belts actually only had automatic shoulder harnesses and the lap belt was still manual. In those cars, many people neglected to put the lap belt on. I had a friend with a car like this and he never put his lap belt on. Admittedly, I was guilty of the same thing when riding in the car.
The 1995-1996 Ford Escort / Mercury Tracer was the only exception to that, I believe. Dual airbag and automatic seat belts... but then again, it was a 1991 design that had no airbags from 1991-1993 and just a driver airbag in 1994.
This is correct. I had a 94 Escort with those belts and driver side only airbag.
A lot of cars with automatic seat belts actually only had automatic shoulder harnesses and the lap belt was still manual. In those cars, many people neglected to put the lap belt on. I had a friend with a car like this and he never put his lap belt on. Admittedly, I was guilty of the same thing when riding in the car.
That matches what I remember. It is unsafe to have just a shoulder belt on.
My car has them, 94 Mazda Protege, and I love them. I never have to think about that, I just get in, shut the door and the seat-belt happens. It's never uncomfortable and works just fine.
You cannot forget to buckle up, so you can't get a ticket for that, which might be why they aren't available anymore. Cities and municipalities MUST have their revenues ya know.
How can someone who is responsible enough to drive forget to buckle up? If my three year old son can chant "Seat belts! Seat belts!" when we get in the car you would think adults could remember.
That matches what I remember. It is unsafe to have just a shoulder belt on.
Yep. I was t-boned by a driver this past summer. He was driving an old Nissan Sentra with the automatic shoulder harness, but he didn't have his lap belt on. He slid under the shoulder harness in the collision. He died from internal injuries. If he would have had the lap belt on, his chances might have been better.
My friend had a car with one and when it got old it didn't move and retract as well as it should.
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